Chocolate toadfish (Chatrabus hendersoni)

Scientific name: Chatrabus hendersoni Smith, 1952

Chocolate toadfish (Chatrabus hendersoni)

The Chocolate toadfish (Chatrabus hendersoni) is a brackish-water fish of the family Batrachoididae. Native range: Southeast Atlantic, known only from South Africa (Port Alfred to the mouth of the Storms River).

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 18. Body brown, with 3-4 dark crossbars; dorsal surface of head chocolate brown; pectorals yellow-orange, with vague dark bars basally; caudal light orange-brown.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Chatrabus hendersoni
Family
Batrachoididae (Toadfishes)
Order
Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
22.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Southeast Atlantic: known only from South Africa (Port Alfred to the mouth of the Storms River).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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